Muhammad Abdel-Haleem

Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem, OBE is Professor of Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies^[1] in London, England; and editor of the Journal of Qur'anic Studies.^[2] Born in Egypt, he learned the Qur'an by heart during childhood, and is a hafiz.^[3][4] In 2004, Oxford University Press published his translation of the Qur'an into English. He has also published several other works in this field.^[1]

Whilst maintaining his own Muslim faith,^[5] Abdel Haleem is a moderate, arguing for example that British Muslims fighting against British forces in the Afghanistan conflict are violating the instructions of the Qur'an.^[6]

He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.^[7] Professor Abdel Haleem was recognized for his services to Arabic culture and literature and to inter-faith understanding.^[8]

Works

• Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad and Badawi, Elsaid M (2005): Dictionary of Qur'anic Usage. E. J. Brill.
• Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2004): The Qur'an: a New Translation. Oxford World's Classics Hardcovers Series. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
• Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1999): Understanding the Qur'an: themes and style. London: I B Tauris.
• Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, translator (1995): Chance or creation? God's design in the Universe, attributed to Jahiz, translated and introduced. Reading, Berkshire: Garnet.
• Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad and Robinson, Danielle, editors. (2006): The Moral World of the Qur'an. London: IB Tauris. Chapter in Book
• Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2006): 'Islam, Religion of the Environment.' In: Cotran, E. and Lau, M., (eds.), Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law. Netherlands: E.J. Brill, pp. 403–410.
• Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2006): 'Arabic and Islam.' In: Brown, Keith, (ed.), Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 34–37.
• Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2006): 'Qur'an and Hadith.' In: Winter, Tim, (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology. UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1999): 'Human Rights in Islam and the United Nations Instruments.' In: Cotran, E and Sherif, A, (eds.), Democracy the rule of law and Islam. London: Kluwer Law International, pp. 435–453. Article
• Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2002): 'The Prophet Muhammad as a Teacher: implications for Hadith literature.' Islamic Quarterly, vol. XLVI (2). pp. 121–137.
• Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1994): 'Qu'ranic Orthography: the written presentation of the recited text of the Qur'an.' Islamic Quarterly, 38 (3). pp. 171–192.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} SOAS Staff: Muhammad Abdel Haleem
2. ^ Edinburgh University Press: Journal of Qur'anic Studies Editorial Board
3. ^ Oxford University Press: The Qur'an: Translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
4. ^ David F. Ford: The Launch of The Qur'an: A New Translation by M.A.S. Abdel Haleem; Address by Professor David Ford
5. ^ Khaleel Mohammed: Assessing English Translations of the Qur'an: "as a believer, he writes..."
6. ^ BBC News: 'UK Muslims must obey UK law'
7. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58729. p. 10. 14 June 2008.
8. ^ SOAS: SOAS academic awarded an OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours

External links

• The Online Quran Project includes the Qur'an translation, The Qur'an: a New Translation, of Abdel-Haleem.
• Qur'an Presentations Based on Abdel Haleem Translation

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